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- 1591: Greg Graffin
- ... get to see him very much." While his father was in Wisconsin he began work at the university of Wisconsin as a professor. He still works their today. Greg was often picked on in high school because of his "Punkness". "There were three people at my high school who were punkers, I mean I got beat up everyday by long haired people who listened to Rush and would beat me up because I didn't. When he was fifteen he started a band ... he was not an official resident any longer so he was kicked out. (he had recently spent several years as a California resident) He traveled back to California where he was a resident and attended school at UCLA. in 1987 he received his masters degree in geology. He had previously received his Masters degree in Anthropology and a his B.Sc. in geology. This work was very field oriented since ...
- 1592: Bless Me Ultima 2
- ... The brown water would be stained with blood, forever and ever and ever. Lupito s death is the first time that he is faced with death, and begins his questioning of God. Antonio also attends school for the first year, briefly described and rather unimportant, he skips from first to second grade making his mother proud for his studies and helping to reinforce her dreams of him becoming a priest. As ... Throughout this time the bond of Ultima is near him as she cares for him, as he is sick. In the final chapters Antonio could only concentrate on his communion during the remainder of the school year to him the entrance of god into his body would answer all of his questions. His excellent dedication to the church after school everyday further reinforced his mother's dream for his entrance into the priesthood. During the novel, Tony bluntly admitted that he did not believe in god and when the boys were forcing Antonio to ...
- 1593: 2Pac Shakur
- ... he showed us how hard life can be. Tupac was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. His family and he moved to Baltimore, Maryland early in his life. He took Performing Arts classes at his school; his teachers said he looked promising. He never finished school. He dropped out and moved to a small town outside Oakland, CA (“Associated”), however he did go to college and finish his high school credits. All his life he was raised by his mom, with his sister. He always led a violent life; April 5, 1993, he assaulted a fellow rapper with a baseball bat. October 31, 1993, ...
- 1594: Saint John Bosco
- ... the young people in his village occupied by doing magic tricks and acrobatic moves, and only ask prayers for payment. Also, he would speak to children about God, and even some adults occasionally. The seminary school that Bosco entered was Chieri at the age of 16. Father Cafasso helped John through seminary school because he could not afford it, neither could his mother help him pay for it. John became a priest in 1841 at the age of 26, and was named Don Bosco, which means Father Bosco. After Sunday Mass's he would have a catechism class which would teach young people about God. After a while the catechism class turned into a school were boys could receive a real education, not just a religion class. He was appointed chaplain of St. Philomena's Hospice for girls. John did not really like his job so he resigned and ...
- 1595: Beloved 3
- ... people thought of her and her family and what they did to show it. People are cruel, some just show it more than others. I felt bad for Denver and how she was teased at school. They would tease her and accuse her mother of being a witch, which we know is not true But what it shows is how Denver becomes isolated from the world during the years where friends are needed. I m sure that at one point or another Denver told Sethe about what was happening at school, which pushed her more and more away from society. Something else that I noticed is that the public never had much interaction with the characters. Possibly this was the authors way of proving the theme ... in this novel Beloved. The theme can be seen in the isolation of Sethe and her inner self. It can also be seen with Denver and her separation from society because of the children at school. There is also the detachment of Sethe s family from the rest of the world because of her past and what people think of the house and the family. Isolation can be a very ...
- 1596: Pythagoras of Samos
- ... the traditional views. The union of mathematical genius and mysticism is commonly enough. Originally from Samos, Pythagoras founded at Kroton (in southern Italy) a society, which were at once a religious community and a scientific school. Such a body was bound to excite jealousy and mistrust, and we hear of many struggles. Pythagoras himself had to flee from Kroton to Metapontion, where he died. It is stated that he was a ... with the senses, Plato argues, remind us of things we knew when the soul was out of the body and could perceive reality directly. There is more difficulty about the cosmology of Pythagoras. Hardly any school ever professed such reverence for its founder's authority as the Pythagoreans. 'The Master said so' was their watchword. On the other hand, few schools have shown so much capacity for progress and for adapting ... a group of early Greek scientific and religious thinkers influenced by Pythagoras of Samos. Many lived in quasi-religious communities centered in Croton, southern Italy. Much of the information about Pythagoreanism, which existed as a school of philosophy from about 525 to the mid-4th century BC, comes from indirect or later sources: summaries in Aristotle's Metaphysics and fragments of the book of Philolaus, a prominent Pythagorean of the ...
- 1597: Black Boy Essay
- ... violence was prominent between blacks and whites. Racial prejudice is the cause of several things not just physical violence racial prejudice can cause serious psychological stress. Richard’s friend Ned, who he’d known from school, had a brother, Bob, who worked at a hotel in town; the hotel was known for it’s trouble with black employees, prostitutes, bootlegging and many other things. Bob had been murdered by a group ... no way was going to be beaten, whether that meant running, hiding, or fighting. Richard was what you call a "book smart" kind of guy, he knew how to read and write proficiently, he enjoyed school, and was a fast learner. Richard’s going to school for so long may have been why he wasn’t very "street smart," but because he was a fast learner he was able to cope and learn the ways of living. In the end ...
- 1598: John Keats
- ... He was in the middle class and at that time people were treated differently because of their social status. John Keats was born in London on October 31, 1795. He was educated at Clarke s School in Enfield. He enjoyed a liberal education that mainly reflected on his poetry. His father died when he was eight and his mother died when he was fourteen. After his mother died, his maternal grandmother ... of Keats, as Sandell only played a minor one. These circumstances drew him extremely close to his two brothers, George and Tom, and his sister Fanny. When he 15, Abbey removed him from the Clarke School, as he became an apothecary-surgeon s apprentice. Then in 1815, he became a student at Guy s Hospital. He registered for a six- month course to become a licensed surgeon. Soon after he decided ... life progressed his poetry became more mature and amazing. He looked up to Shakespeare and Milton. He studied a lot of there poetry and imitated these two writers. His work resembled Shakespeare. Soon after medical school, he returned to London and met Leigh Hunt. They began to write the Examiner, which was love poetry. In his lifetime he published three books of verse: Poems (1817), Endymion (1818), Lamia Isabella and ...
- 1599: Hawaii by James Michener
- ... apply to the mission, along with his friend and classmate, John Whipple. Similarly, in 1809, in truth, history records that a certain Henry Obookiah stirred the emotions of religious New Englanders. He was sent to school, for he was a promising candidate to return to Hawaii and preach Christianity. Unfortunately, in 1818, he died of typus or pneumonia. His death caused much grief, and among those who felt the impact were ... markets. It was very important to Char Nyuk Tsin that one of her five boys be educated at an American college or university. Since each one was well rounded (spoke four languages, were above high school level in some subjects, etc.), her decision was a difficult one. She consulted Uliassutai Karakoram Blake, the only character who "is founded upon a historical person who accomplished much in Hawaii." Blake was a teacher at the school that the Kee children attended. Char Nyuk Tsin finally decided, after a lot of debate, to send Africa, one of her sons, to Michigan to become a lawyer. The importance of an education was ...
- 1600: Adapting New Culture
- Many people go to different countries. Some of them go for school, some others go for business and some others go for living. However, some people adapt well to a new environment and others retain their original culture identity. I think adapting to a new culture or ... to adapt to a new culture whose people act and behave differently. For example, from the first week I've arrived in the United States coming from the United Arab Emirates, I lived in a school dormitory. However, I couldn't stay longer than a month in the dormitory. It was not because of the small room or one kitchen in each floor, but it was because of the bathrooms. Whenever ... to be part of it when I become an old man. Also, it is because I don't stay much with American people even though I tried at the beginning when I lived in the school dormitory. Finally, it is because I've learned many things back home that I don't want to lose because I believe that what I've learned are the right things. Therefore, I think ...
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